Improvement in chandeliers



F. McLEW EE.

Chandelier.

Patented Sept. 21,1875

NJHERS. FHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT QEEIcE.

FREDERICK MGLEWEE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHANDELIERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No; 167,92 l, datedSeptember 21, 1875; application filed August 1'2, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK MGLEW'EE, of the city, county, and Stateof New York, have invented a new and Improved Chandelier, of which thefollowing is a specification Figure 1 represents a side view, partlyinsecti0n,of my improved chandelier. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

This invent-ion has for its object to produce a new chandelier, inwhich, by a peculiar arrangcment of a frame carrying crystal reflectors,a brilliant and novel effect can be obtained.

The invention consists in combining with a wire frame, which carries aseries of prismheads, or crystals, gas-burners that are outside of suchframe and crystals, and also burners that are within such frame andcrystals, as hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawing, the letter A represents a verticalgas-pipe, which serves as a support for my improved chandelier, havingat or near its lower part a series of projecting branch pipes, at a andb b, with burners dd and e 0, respectively, on the ends thereof. B is awire frame-work of suitable style and shape, made to secure and hold inproper position a series of crystals or prism-heads, G O, which are bypreference made of cut glass, such crystals or prism-heads being firmlyand rigidly attached to the wire frame-work to completely cover andconceal the frame. The branch pipes a, that carry the burners (1, ex-

a, burners d, branch tend outside of and beyond the frame-work, whilethe branchpipes b, that carry the burners e, do not extend to the wireframe. so that when the burners are' lighted flames will be within andother flames without the wire frame-work that carries the crystals.

In this way a very peculiar but beautiful effect will be produced, asthe light from the inner burners 6 will pass through the crystals, whilethat from the outer burners will be in part reflected by the crystals,and thus, by simple means, a compound transmitted and reflected lightwill be obtained. The effect will also be very marked if the innerlights 0. are entirely omitted and the outer lights only employed,because the flames of the outer burners will be colored and diffused bythe reflecting-surfaces of the prism-heads. These prism-headsor crystalsmay be of suitable varying colors of glass or similar transparent ortranslucent material.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination of the wire-frame B,

carrying the crystals (J, with the branch pipes a and burners d,'of achandelier, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination of the wire-frame B, carrying the crystals 0, withthe branch pipes pipes b, and burners e, all substantially as hereinshown and de- E. G. WEBB, O. A. WEIDNER.

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